Psalms 139:23
Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 26:2 : 2 Examine me, O LORD, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives!
- Job 31:6 : 6 let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.
- 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold– gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away– and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
- Prov 17:3 : 3 The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the LORD tests hearts.
- Zech 13:9 : 9 Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say,‘These are my people,’ and they will say,‘The LORD is my God.’”
- Deut 8:2 : 2 Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the wilderness so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.
- Ps 139:1 : 1 For the music director, a psalm of David. O LORD, you examine me and know.
- Mal 3:2-3 : 2 Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap. 3 He will act like a refiner and purifier of silver and will cleanse the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer the LORD a proper offering.
- Jer 11:20 : 20 So I said,“O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, you are a just judge! You examine people’s hearts and minds. I want to see you pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.”
- Deut 8:16 : 16 fed you in the wilderness with manna(which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you and eventually bring good to you.
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- Ps 26:1-22 verses86%
1By David. Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have integrity, and I trust in the LORD without wavering.
2Examine me, O LORD, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives!
- Ps 139:1-88 verses85%
1For the music director, a psalm of David. O LORD, you examine me and know.
2You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.
3You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; you are aware of everything I do.
4Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O LORD, being thoroughly aware of it.
5You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me.
6Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it.
7Where can I go to escape your Spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence?
8If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.
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24See if there is any idolatrous way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way!
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3You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.
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3But you, LORD, know all about me. You watch me and test my devotion to you. Drag these wicked men away like sheep to be slaughtered! Appoint a time when they will be killed!
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21would not God discover it, for he knows one’s thoughts?
- Jer 17:9-102 verses77%
9The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?
10I, the LORD, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.
- Ps 139:17-182 verses77%
17How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! How vast is their sum total!
18If I tried to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. Even if I finished counting them, I would still have to contend with you.
- Ps 139:21-222 verses76%
21O LORD, do I not hate those who hate you, and despise those who oppose you?
22I absolutely hate them, they have become my enemies!
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10With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!
11In my heart I store up your words, so I might not sin against you.
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6that you must search out my iniquity, and inquire about my sin,
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5O God, you are aware of my foolish sins; my guilt is not hidden from you.
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23How many are my iniquities and sins? Show me my transgression and my sin.
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6Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom.
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9Hide your face from my sins! Wipe away all my guilt!
10Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!
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9May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!
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6They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.
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12O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, you test and prove the righteous. You see into people’s hearts and minds. Pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.
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23But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry!
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40נ(Nun) Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the LORD.
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3Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
- Ps 51:1-33 verses73%
1For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David’s affair with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!
2Wash away my wrongdoing! Cleanse me of my sin!
3For I am aware of my rebellious acts; I am forever conscious of my sin.
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4“O LORD, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!
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11The LORD knows that peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt.
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12Who can know all his errors? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of.
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8My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O LORD.
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2God looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.
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14May my words and my thoughts be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my sheltering rock and my redeemer.
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6let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.
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19Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.
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8May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you.
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34Give me understanding so that I might observe your law, and keep it with all my heart.
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21Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.
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1A song of ascents, by David. O LORD, my heart is not proud, nor do I have a haughty look. I do not have great aspirations, or concern myself with things that are beyond me.
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4I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil.